Cesare Auguste Detti Autumn Flirt

Cesare Auguste Detti
Italian
1847 - 1914
Automn Flirt
signed C. Detti (lower left)

oil on canvas
canvas: 29 3/4 by 25 1/4 in.; 75.5 by 64.5 cm
framed: 39 3/4 by 35 1/2 in.; 101 by 90 cm

Condition Report:
Original canvas. The paint surface is stable. The is fine craquelure in paces, notably to the sky. There is a upper horizontal stretcher bar impression. There are light frame abrasions to the edges. There are minor spots of loss to the corners. There is a very minor dent to the lower right corner.
Inspection under UV reveals a very minor area of retouching to the upper left corner, to the right of the head of the figure at right and to the right of his elbow. Minor retouchings to aforementioned frame abrasions.
Overall the painting is in good condition.

Provenance:
Sotheby's New Yor, 22 October 1997, lot 116